The Employee Engagement Profit Chain
The motherlode of wealth runs not through the executive corridors but through the vocational landscape of frontline employees.” I know I quoted this, from “Firms … Read more
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Realise Your Greatest Asset
“Our people are our greatest asset” How often have your heard that statement from an organisational leader? I bet you have and more than once! … Read more
Motivation: The Key to Building Talent
“Motivation is the reason that people develop talent in the first place.” That line from Adam Grant’s book “Give and Take” really made me stop … Read more
Building Your Brand
As a business leader you invest a fair proportion of your time in your organisation’s brand – consciously and unconsciously. Your efforts are conscious when … Read more
How to Build Proficiency
To communicate effectively you’re going to need Information, which becomes Knowledge, which leads to Experience, which leads to Proficiency, which gives you Wisdom, which gives … Read more
Physics, Psychology and Business
Newton’s 3rd Law of Physics. You might not remember it is as that but you almost certainly know it or have heard of it: “For … Read more
Organizational Synergy through Empowerment and Teamwork
Synergy. That is a word that may not seem to be as popular or prolific as it once was. Yet that doesn’t make it any … Read more
A Key to Optimising Your Human Capital
The perpetual balancing act between selfishness and selflessness, or self-interest and group-interest, is evolutionarily fundamental. So much so that it has been described as “The … Read more
Strategy and Your People: How to Sustain Success
Recently I came across an article in the July-August 2015 Harvard Business Review entitled, “People before Strategy.” (I am not sure the link will work, … Read more
Why You Need Love at Work
The idea was novel. It had promise. It was exciting. Yet part of me still baulked. “People won’t take me seriously.” “I will be ridiculed.” … Read more